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A jogger runs on the paved path through Schuepbach Park in Beaverton. Beaverton offers a park and trail system, the Westside Regional Trail, for hikers and bikers with a goal of eventually connecting PCC Rock Creek and Tigard.
(Oregonian/2011)

The Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District filled in 1.5 miles of missing pieces to connect paved trails in the southern portion of the district.

The $4.1 million project to add on to the Westside Regional Trail took about a year, according the district, and was funded from a $100 million bond measure approved by voters in 2008. Three new trail segments officially opened for public use on Thursday, Nov. 14, district spokesman Bob Wayt said.

With those new segments, the southern half of the park district now features about six miles of connected regional trailways, heading north from Tigard’s city limits to the Tualatin Hills Nature Park and the Merlo Road MAX station.

The district's goal is to continue that network of trails for a total of 10 miles, from the Tigard city limits to the Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus in Bethany. The district hopes to complete the 10-mile route by January 2016. The remaining to-do list includes completing a segment of the Waterhouse Trail and connecting that to the Westside Trail, according to the district.